Barriers to participation in mental health research: Are there specific gender, ethnicity and age related barriers?

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Woodall, Anna ^a   Morgan, Craig ^a   Sloan, Claire ^a   Howard, Louise ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; EMBASE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MESH HEADING; PSYCINFO; TRAVEL; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78649595663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-103     Document Type: Article

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